The Cask of Amontillado. MONTRESOR (narrates): One must not only punish--that is not enough. A wrong is unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. So, neither by word nor deed, did I give Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my want, to smile in his face.
According to the latest statistics of 2013, Netherlands contributes to about 0.24% of the total world population, which makes it the 62nd most populated country in the world. The majority of its people are Dutch. According to July 2013 estimates, the country had a total population of 16.73 million.
If you were to visit a prison in the Netherlands anytime soon, you might find it surprisingly empty. Just this week, the Dutch Justice Ministry announced that the total number of inmates held in Dutch prisons fell by 27 percent between 2011 and 2015. To put the Dutch situation into an American context, a 27 percent drop in the U.S. prison population would mean the release of almost 600,000 people. That's roughly the population of Milwaukee. The situation in the Netherlands would seem to buck a broader and longer global trend of rising prison populations.